Earth - Apollo 16

Full Earth showing North America and the Pacific Ocean

Apollo 16 view of the Earth taken with a hand-held Hasselblad
camera about an hour and a half after translunar injection
on 16 April, 1972. Most of the United States is visible at
right center, including Lake Michigan and Lake Superior and
Florida. Mexico and part of Central America are also visible.
The slightly different shade of blue below Florida is the
Bahama Banks. The Earth is 12,740 km in diameter and north
is at roughly 1:00.
(Apollo 16, AS16-118-18885)
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